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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Angel receives another letter, written anonymously by whom?
(a) Rhetty and Izz.
(b) Marian and Rhetty.
(c) Alec.
(d) Marian and Izz.

2. Tess sends a letter to ____ asking for advice about whether she should tell Angel the truth.
(a) Her sister.
(b) The parson.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

3. How does Marian react to the marriage?
(a) She tries to drown herself.
(b) She refuses to speak to Tess.
(c) Quits her job and leaves the farm.
(d) She gets drunk.

4. Who tells Tess about the farm at Flintcomb Ash, and that she might find work there?
(a) Marian.
(b) Izz.
(c) Mrs. Crick.
(d) Rhetty.

5. When Angel and Liza Lu leave the prison, they go up on a hill above _____.
(a) Wiltonchester.
(b) Tantridge.
(c) Winston.
(d) Wintoncester.

Short Answer Questions

1. Angel's parents give him a letter from Tess. In the letter she ____.

2. After someone close to her dies, Tess decides to move the family to ____.

3. What advice does Tess receive in response to the letter she has sent asking for advice about whether to tell Angel the truth?

4. Tess asks Angel if he thinks they will be together again after death. How does he respond?

5. What does Tess decide to do as a result of what she learns from the visitor to the farm?

Short Essay Questions

1. Several individuals are instrumental in changing Angel's attitude towards Tess during their estrangement. Describe what they do, and Angel's reaction to this.

2. What new disaster befalls the Durbeyfields in Chapter 49?

3. In Chapter 39 what does Angel tell his parents about why Tess is not with him?

4. In what way does the last scene, of Angel and Liza Lu walking away hand in hand, echo Mrs. Durbeyfield's advice to Tess when she finds out she is pregnant?

5. In Chapter 50, how does Tess's attitude towards Alec start to change, and why?

6. At Flintcomb Ash, Tess encounters a number of people from her past. Who?

7. In Chapter 34, Tess finally feels safe in telling Angel the truth. What has made her finally feel sure he will forgive her?

8. In Chapter 38 when Tess arrives at her parents' house after having left Angel, what lie does she tell? Why?

9. In Chapter 41, Tess encounters some dying pheasants on her way to Flintcomb Ash. What is the significance of the pheasants?

10. In Chapter 40, how is Mercy Chant described?

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